AboutBruce W. Zubee Expertise I can answer any questions regarding antique carousel horses, menagerie figures and any type of carousel component. I can also answer questions regarding other antique wooden horses.
Experience Over thirty years experience in the restoration, sale and appraisal of antique carousel figures other carousel components and related items
Organizations National Carousel Assn.
Publications www.carousels.com, Carousel Times Magazine
Currently Editor/Publisher of Carousels.com and CarouselStores.com Consultant to the New England Carousel Museum
Expert: Bruce W. Zubee Date: 8/5/2007 Subject: Help identify our horse please!
Question Hi, we know this is a Parker because it had Parker shoes (Leavenworth Kansas). We would like date it & also find out if there are plans we can buy to recarve the missing ears appropriately. We also thought possibly it started out as a track horse and then had the hole drilled in later. We want to try to restore it the best way we can. Please go to this webpage for detailed pix http://www.caughtintime.com/CarouselParkerhorse.html
Thanks for your time and info!
We love our horse!
Answer I believe you contacted me directly with this question as I remember answering you twice. Obviously you never got my responses.
The horse is not a Parker. It's an Armitage Herschell Track machine produced in North Tonawanda, New York in our around 1895. The Parker horseshoe was added by someone at some point but it's not original to the piece. If the horse were mine, I'd remove the shoes.
These horses generally retail for around $2,000.00.
Regards,
Bruce Zubee
Publisher
Carousels.com
bruce@carousels.com
